Teen boys at swim hole

9 days ago, 2019 / Peeing

Standing in the sunshine on the rocky bank, with rivulets of cool water dripping from your hair and swimsuit, you wait your turn at the base of the old oak. You grip the fraying rope, get a running start, swing out over the pool of clear water, and release. In summertime, when the mercury taunts the tip of the thermometer like an angry red fist, the best place to cool down is an old-fashioned swimming hole.

Into the woods behind a village, or down the rocks over a guardrail: neither hospitable nor inhospitable, the swimming hole persists. We come for adventure or to cool off at the end of our workday, on a day off, after school or on weekends. We ferry their seeds before unhooking them from our clothing and then from the skin of our fingers.

When I was growing up, my family bought a white-and-red lake cottage with flaking paint and moss-covered shingles. Mud Lake was aptly named. Our feet sank into the sludgy bottom, and weeds grew underwater.

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